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Leander clears way for affordable housing units Leander City Council approved two agreements to allow an affordable housing development in the city at its Oct. 3 meeting. The agreements enabled the Texas Housing Foundation and Embrey Partners to operate the development without paying property taxes and stated there is a need for affordable housing in the area. “We hear this from the school district over and over again that they have a hard time hiring teachers because they can’t afford to live here, so this is gonna be really fantastic,” Mayor Christine DeLisle said. A closer look The THF, a Texas regional housing authority, and Embrey Partners are looking to build a roughly 15.3-acre multifamily housing development in the city, according to agenda documents.
City maintains tax rate for FY 2024-25 Leander residents can expect to pay slightly more in property taxes to the city next year, after council approved a budget and tax rate for the 2024-25 fiscal year Sept. 5. The details The $0.417282 per $100 valuation tax rate will raise more tax revenue due to an increase in total property in the city and an uptick in property values, city documents show. The $337.98 million FY 2024-25 budget is 6.6% larger than last year’s. Annual expected increase in property tax bill Williamson County $156 Travis County $272
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Half of the development’s units will be available to “lower income persons”—or those making, at most, 80% of area median income—and senior citizens as long as the THF remains a partner in operations. The THF is exempt from taxes since it is a hous- ing authority, according to Texas local government code. Though Embrey would be entitled to that same exemption as partners in the development, the agreement provided the company would begin paying fees to the city after 16 years.
NOTE: THIS INCREASE IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE TAXABLE HOMESTEAD VALUE IN LEANDER.
SOURCE: CITY OF LEANDER/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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